1952 . Classics, Fiction . Ernest Hemingway
Everyone
Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found here This short novel, already a modern classic, is the superbly told, tragic story of a Cuban fisherman in the Gulf Stream and the giant Marlin he kills and loses — specifically referred to in the citation accompanying the author's Nobel Prize for literature in 1954.
1952
English
Scribner
96
0684830493 (ISBN13: 9780684830490)
2 weeks ago
Easily read. True classic
1 year ago
Love this! So simple so good!
1 year ago
Hemingway makes your heart go out to Santiago, an elderly fisherman, on his quest for a good catch after a long dry spell. Quite sad (and depressing at times) but beautifully written the way Hemingway does best